brain chemistry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbrainandchemistry
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brain
noun
uk/breɪn/us/breɪn/
the organ inside the head that controls thought, memory, feelings, ...
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chemistry
noun[U]
uk/ˈkem.ɪ.stri/us/ˈkem.ə.stri/
the scientific study of the basic characteristics of substances and the ways in which they react ...
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(Definition ofbrainandchemistryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Each state may, and likely does, influencebrainchemistryand function.
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Are we "blaming"brainchemistryfor mental illness?
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Environmental experience also can affectbrainchemistryby altering neurotransmitter synthesis, transmitter receptor synthesis, and transmitter uptake systems.
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This volume is an attempt to apply new knowledge about thebrainchemistryof emotions to language acquisition.
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Some individuals might inherit abrainchemistrythat made the circuit from the central nucleus of the amygdala to the lateral hypothalamus unusually excitable.
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Dysregulation of the serotonin system may cause a cascade of changes inbrainchemistrythat can increase the risk of psychopathology.
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Evenbrainchemistrycan turn on a patient, as happens in a terminal illness.
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Testosterone levels andbrainchemistryare the expected causal agents, and we wish to take a closer look at the strength of the studies that support these assertions.
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Thus, one cannot be connected to the other via any known causality: theories cannot be caused bybrainchemistry, nor can they give rise to psychological complexes.
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This toxicbrainchemistryinduces synapse destruction and death in "affective centers" in the maturing limbic system and therefore permanent functional impairments of the directing of emotion into adaptive channels.
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This toxicbrainchemistryinduces synapse destruction in ' affective centres ' in the maturing limbic system and hence permanent functional impairments of the directing of emotion into adaptive channels.
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If so, this is not surprising as behaviour and intelligence are both to some degree a product of the micro-nutrients that affectbrainchemistry.
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It interferes in a way as yet unknown withbrainchemistrybut is thought to have a value in treating chronic alcoholics and severe psychoneurotics.
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For example, we are enhancing our understanding ofbrainchemistryand it may well be that in many of those areas new drugs will emerge which will be enormously helpful.
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Theirbrainchemistrygives them addictive brains.
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Some of these reasons include external events, heredity, as well as psychological tendencies andbrainchemistry.
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Oxidants interfere with the normalbrainchemistryand cause further damage (this is known as reperfusion injury).
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The relaxation response includes changes in metabolism, heart rate, respiration, blood pressure andbrainchemistry.
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The reason chronic alcohol misuse worsens panic disorder is due to distortion of thebrainchemistryand function.
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